The first match of the final block, between Claudia Romero, world n°1 in the -47kg class, and her Uzbek runner-up Ziyodakhon Izakova, set the tone from the outset, for the first of five finals pitting nothing less than the top two in the international rankings against each other. Always the first to get into action, the Mexican didn't concede a single point, converting the silver she'd won in Hauts-de-Seine in 2022 into gold to consolidate her throne (8-0). A pattern scrupulously followed by Turkey's Ali Can Ozcan - No.2 in the -58kg class and stronger than the pain radiating from his right foot to quickly take the lead (5-0, 20-8, 28-16 final score) and deny Israeli leader Asaf Yasur a double - and Brazil's Maria Eduarda Machado Stumpf (-52kg), who went from bronze in 2022 to the title this year after a superb start against Mongolia's Surenjav Ulambayar, who was unstoppable in Brisbane in July, where she took three podium finishes, including two on the highest step (6-0, 11-4, 14-8 final score).

In the -63kg category, it was a tighter affair between Mongolia's Bolor-Erdene Ganbat, a three-time winner in Australia, and Italy's Antonino Bossolo, a finalist in Montargis at the beginning of July, who offered an intense mid-fight tussle before the Transalpine managed to better control his striking distance to take the decision (17-12). Then it was time for Brazilian Silvana Mayara Cardoso Fernandes, the first Tokyo Paralympic medallist in action at the end of the day, to put on a show. The 27-2 she inflicted on Turkey's Gamze Gurdal, her regular victim from last year (she defeated her for gold at the final Grand Prix in Riyadh, as well as at the Grand Prix in Sofia and Manchester, editor's note), was a model of revenge for the outcome of their Paris final in 2022. A few minutes later, however, Turkey clinched a second crown thanks to Fatih Celik, No.3 in the -70kg category, who was an unfortunate finalist last year, and was unstoppable this time against Argentina's Juan Eduardo Samorano (21-5). An identical conversion in the -65kg category for Denmark's Lisa Gjessing, who won 6-1 in a rematch of her Tokyo Paralympic final against Britain's Beth Munro, the category's current leader. Their mano a mano promises even more exciting matches ahead of the Games, as in the +65kg duel between Uzbek Paralympic champion Guljonoy Naimova and Britain's Amy Truesdale, who was right on her heels in terms of scores and was the first to take her chance in sudden death, just as the five minutes of regulation time had ended with a thrilling 9-9 scoreline.

Buoyed by his victory at the European Para Taekwondo Open in Montargis, South Korea's Jeonghun Joo (-80kg) saved Asia's honour by methodically getting the better of Mexico's Luis Mario Najera in the second half of the bout (17-11). Before the last word of the day went to Croatia's Ivan Mikulic in the heavyweight category, who has often been confined to silver for the past two years (Final Grand Prix 2022, Sofia and Paris Grand Prix 2022, World Championships 2021 and Tokyo Paralympic Games), but this time triumphed over American Evan Medell (15-9). In all, twenty countries were worthily represented by the day's forty medallists, with Turkey finishing this Grand Prix in the lead (two wins, one silver and two bronze) ahead of Brazil, the biggest purveyor with two gold and five bronze medals, and the pairing of Great Britain and Mexico, with one metal of each color in their escarcation.